Telephone attachment



' C. ROSINE AND E. N. BOUCHER.

TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED Aue.29.192|.

Emma 00111 311 1922.

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IN VEN TOR5 CON/P40 /F05//V A TORNE WITNESS:

C. ROSINE AND E. N. BOUCHER.

TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED Aus.29. 1921.

Patented 0m 31, 1922.

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60/1/1640 EOS/A/E ED/VO/PE A/ (scum/1? W I A TTORN Patented @ct. 311, I222.

UNHTE STATES I innate PATENT @FFHQE.

' CONRAD BOSINE AND EDMORE 1\T. BOUCHIER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; SAID ROSINE ASSIGNOR F ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO WILLIAM ROBERTSON, OF CHICAGO,

ILLINQIS.

TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CONRAD RosINE and EnMoRE N. BOUOHER, both citizens of the United States, and residin at Chicago, in the county of Cook and tate of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Tmprovements in Telephone Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an attachment for desk telephones, its purpose being to provide a convenient supply of paper for inscription of memoranda thereon.

The improvements which characterize our invention are exemplified in the construction shown in the accompanying drawings in the manner following Figure 1 is a front elevation of thellower end of a conventional desk telephone, the present attachment being secured to the under side of its base;

Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on line 22 of Fig.

Fig. 3 is a detail in section taken on line t e of Fig. 5;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary plan view, partly broken away to exhibit certain under parts, of dthe base section of the present device; an

Fig. 5 is a plan viewin its entirety of the base section of the attachment.

Referring particularly to Fig. 1, the parts of the telephone A therein shown include the usual standard 6 mounted upon a base 7 whose under side is provided with a pad 8 of cushion material. Attached to the under side of the telephone base is the device B which forms the subject matter of this invention.

Our attachment which is preferably made of metal comprises an upper and a lower section, 10 and 11 respectively, each provided with a circular wall 12 and 13 respectively, the two sections forming a cylindrical box when telescoped as shown in the drawing. Arranged upon the under side of the lower section is a pad 14 of felt or similar material, and a convenient means of securing this in place consists of -a plate 15 against which rests the belt, there being pointed tines 16 struck up from the plate body upon its upper side so as to penetrate the felt which extends around and slightly over the plate edges, as shown best in Fig. 4:. In this manner the felt is secured firmly in place. The tines may then be bent over to section 11 is shown in Fig. 2 consisting of tines 17 which are also struck up from the plate, but inwardly of its edges, a distance sufiicient to clear the edges of the felt; and of slits 18 formed in the bottom of the sectlon 11, each slit being arranged to receive one of the tines 17 which may thereafter be bent over to complete the locking connec= tion.

Slidingly mounted within the box thus provided by the two sections 10 and 11 is a drawer 20 in the form of a tray whose front side 21 is curved in conformity with the circular walls of the box, there being an opening therein to permit the drawer to slide in and out. The drawer is provided also with side walls 22 and with a rear wall23 that extends forwardly as at 24 to engage with the stub end of a paper pad 25, so as to hold the same in place. Additionally the pad may be held at its forward edge by tines 26 struck up from the drawer bottom. The pad is preferably slightly less in width than is the drawer, so as to provide a space 27 along one side in which may be loosely received a pencil 28".

Our invention includes also spring means arranged to press the drawerioutwardly whenever conditions will permit. Preferably for this purpose a coiled spring 30 is used, being mounted between the rear wall of the drawer and the circular wall of the box, as shown in Fig. 5.. Means are also provided which normally hold the drawer in retracted position, and for this purpose we employ a latch 31 which consists of a lever pivotally mounted as "at 32 upon a tine.33 struck up from the bottomof the lower section 11, this lever extending its longer end through a vertical slot in the box walls to present its finger end 34 just to the outside of the attachment where it may be conven iently touched; the other or shorter end 35 is provided with a head in the form of" a shoe that is adapted to ride upon the upper edge of the proximate drawer wall 22, being normally engaged therewith through the medium of a spring 36 which is constantly pressed against the long end of the lever asshown best in Fig. 5; and co-operatin with the lever head is an abutment 3 formed on the drawer wall and of such a of stop mem character as to allow the shoe to ride freely thereon whenever the finger end of the lever is once depressed. In this manner the latch when released, will permit the drawer to spring outwardly to the position shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 5. This movement, however, ma be checked throu h the use hers 38 which may e conveniently located at the rear end of the drawer,

as shown. The movements of the drawer are guided by flanges 39 which are also struck touched. When so extended,-the drawer will be prevented from falling out or inclining downwardly due to the fact that its extreme ved from the section 10 of the box.

rear portion remains within the box and engages therewith in a manner to secure this result. When there is no further use for the paper or pencil, thedrawer may be pushed in against the tension of the spring and will be latched automatically as soon as the abutpient 37 has moved past the head of the ever.

v The means for attaching the device to the telephone base may be of any suitable kind,

such as clips 40 which are upwardly extend- These clips, if desired, may be struck up from the boxvbody. These clips may either be bent to overlie the telephone base, or be formed to spring inwardly so as to engage therewith with a desired degree ofpressure.

The device herein shown and described may be manufactured at small expense, its several parts being readily. assembled and made ready for use. Although, formed of metal, it may be finished nevertheless to harmonize with the telephone instrument, and because of the felt or other similar material which is stretched over its under face it will not mar or scratch any surface upon which it is placed.

We claim:

1. A telephone attachment comprising a circular box adapted to underlie the base of a telephone, a drawer within the box adapted to contain writin material, spring means tending to project t e drawer from the box,

and a finger operated latch. controlling the operation of said spring means, substantially as described.

2. A telephone attachment comprising a circular box, spaced guides within the box, there being an opening in the box periphery, a drawer between the guides adapted to slide outwardly through the box opening, means for normally preventing complete withdrawal of the drawer from the box, and a latch adapted to control movements of the drawer in one direction, substantially as described.

3. A telephone attachment comprising flanged upper and lower sections adapted to telescope to form a box, a drawer slidingly arranged within the box and adapted to be projected therefrom, and means secured to the underside of the lower box section faced on its bottom side with a cushion material, the said means'comp-rising a late formed to connect with the box and wifi the cushion material, substantially as described.

4. A telephone attachment comprising a circular box in whose periphery is an opening, a drawer arranged to move through said opening into and out of the box, the drawer comprising a bottom from which extends marginal walls on each side, and a spring latch co-operating with one such wall to prevent the drawer from normally sliding outwardly, substantially as described.

5. A telephone attachment comprising a box in which is contained a drawer adapted to slide outwardly therefrom, spring means normally tending to project the "drawer outwardly, and a latch having a manual operating part extended to the exterior of the box adapted to release the drawer for projection from the box, substantially as described.

6. -A telephone attachment comprising a box in which is slidingly arranged a drawer,

I a plate secured to the under side of the box,

a cushion mate-rial underlying the plate and extending over its edges to the upper side thereof, and tines struck from the body of the plate some engaging with the ,box bottom above and others with the cushion material on its upper side, whereby a connection is formed between the cushion material and the box, substantially as described.

7. A telephone attachment comprising a box in which is slidingly arranged a drawer, a plate beneath the box bottom, a coverin material underlying the plate and exten ing around its edges to partly overlie the same, and means integral with the plate in engagement with the covering material and with the box bottom providing an invisible connection 'therebetween'; substantially as described.

8. A telephone attachment comprising a circular box, a rectangular drawer slidingly arranged within the box, means within the macaw drawer and engaged therewith to normally prevent its movement outwardly from the box, the latch comprising a lever having an operating end extended exteriorly of the box, a fulcrum on which the lever is pivoted consisting of a member struck up from the box body, and a spring secured to the box.

and engaged with the lever to normally maintain the latch operative, substantially as described.

10. A telephone attachment comprising a box, a drawer therewithin, a covering material arranged beneath the box, and means connecting the covering material to the box comprising a plate disposed between the box bottom and the covering material the latter being extended around the plate edges to partly overlie the same, there being tines struck from the plate body some penetrating the overlying portions of the covering material and others engaged with the box bottom, substantially as described. l CONRAD ROSINE.

EDMORE N. BOUCHER. Witness: EPHRAIM BANNING. 

